video practice week 3

In this video, i played the scales from c-b, but not in contrary form because i wanted to improve my reading and practice my hands with the sharps and flats in each scales. I did it quite well but to improve more i need to practice it everyday.

This video of me is when i am playing and practicing my sonata for the assessment. It was quite okay but the tempo and the trinidad is not really good so i need to practice it some more to be more fluent.

Video- week 2/Grade 10

Week 2

In this video i played A major scale because the teacher told me that i need to practice it more, because i played that scale badly at the lesson and it is not fluent. So i practiced it with the contrary. I also played my song for my next assessment, sonate in G by Haydn. However, my play for that song is not really fluent too and there's also mistakes. So i need to practice it more

In this video below, i also played my A major scale and my song for the assessment in September. I played the A major scale quite well but not for the song. Mr Herry told me that i need to play it more smoothly and richer like in churches. Because this song is dedicated for God. Maybe u will listened to songs in youtube of chuuches and try to listened to Sonate in G by Haydn if there is any, to improve my dinamic. I also need to practice it more for further fluency.

Piano practice '10

1st Week Videos

This is my first piano video that i recorded. In this video i played the major scales from C-B. I was having some troubles with it and some of the scales were repeated and there were some stops because i am not really fluent in playing it and i need some more practice on the scales. Sometimes i also forgot what notes that is sharped and is flated, so i need my book and then read it for a while that made the stops in between. So i will need some more practice on my scales, especially the contrary

Below, is my second video when i was trying to play my piece for my next assessment which is playing the piano in front of the class. I was playing Sonate in G Hoboken XVI:GI by Haydn, that i was told to bring. There was quite a lot of mistakes when playing it so i will need to practice more on it. However, i need the approval from my teacher before really playing this piece for my assessment.

Grade 10

JULY'10

Tuesday, 20/July/2010

This Tuesday Mr.Herry introduced to me and the others especially the new students to the rules and regulations that is to be expected in this semester from the teacher. In the two session what we did is actually just an introduction to the music class for the new students and to review our previous teachings from grade 9. Today we haven't have any instrument class because we haven't choose what we will want to play/our instrument. However, we were given a piece of paper to choose our instrument to learn, and of course i choose piano. When it is written on the board the people that chooses piano and guitar is too much, so we were told to do an audition, to eliminate and move some of the students to other instruments. I feel uncomfortable and was nervous about it because at that time i didn't know what to play if i was asked. Fortunately, Mr. Herry just asked us some question , i can do it and were quite confident and then we went on to the hearing test and i am bad at it. Even though i've practiced do re mi fa sol la si do at home, and it was really a part for me to master since in my music school i was test on it too, but i just cant seem to do it right. Maybe it was because i didn't practice the piano everyday or enough. So i was really nervous about it, but i can do it a little somehow. However, we were told to prepare a song for next session to perform for the last test of the audition. I was not really nervous about it. But, i will practice my piano skills and the song that i have decided to play, also to practice my hearing skill more.

Friday, 23 July'10

Today we were given our learning plan and booklet for this semester. We discuss the booklet throughly and were asked the criterias one by one, i can do it because i've tried to memories it before it was my turn so it was okay. It was announced that two of our friends moved to art class, and one of them chooses piano for their instrument. Therefore, the piano instrument class was reduced and it was perfect, no overload again, so we the piano class are excused from the audition. It was really lucky of us since we don't need to be so nervous anymore about the elimination. Before the audition starts Mr. Herry decided that he was going to make a promotion for the violins and woodwind class. And so, Mr. Sadrakh and Mr. Harry performed they're instruments, it was brilliant and really promoting but i want to focus on my piano since i was already having a hard time to practice it so im not going to move, i think the others thought so too, so none of them move either. With that, the audition begins and i listened to them one by one, each of them performed they're best and it was good. However the elimination have to go, i was kind of sorry for the one that should move but i think they also felt that they wanted to try other types of instruments, so it was okay. It was also announced that in Friday next week, we were going to have to choose a western song and perform it. After listening to the audition though, i realized that i need to practice more, and i will. We, the piano class were given a homework to practice c-b scales for the next lesson, so i will practice that.

Tuesday, 27 July'10

Today we hear the song of 'Always on My Mind' by Michael Buble and 'Heal the World' by Michael Jackson. It was then announced that we can choose those two songs too and it was recommended. I wanted to try something else though since there are a lot more beautiful songs and i've sang 'Heal the World' last year in a duet. After that we heard Mr. Herry sang 'Always on My Mind' to show us how to sing it since its new. But i am not interested in singing a slow song so if im going to choose between the two i will choose 'Heal the World'. We were then given some scale exercises for some minutes and it was really easy since i have learned it before. Then we sang 'Always on My Mind' per-group instruments and it was okay. However, i will practice and hear the song more to memorize it and get a good mark on my assessment if later on i want to sing it.

We have our instrument class today, and each of played the scales from c-b major. I didn't play really fluently and did some mistakes while playing it. So, i need to practice harder and add on the contra for my scales to practice and move on to the next level. On Friday later we are going to have our rehearsal for our songs, so i will practice on it too.

Friday, 30 July'10

Today we were asked about the blog that we should make and discuss on it. We were told to send our blog URL to Mr. Herry, and i haven't done that yet so i need to send it later on the weekend, but i have told Mr. Herry before that i am going to use my old blog from grade 9. After that he discuss about the blog and its reflection that we should make also our practicing video, twice a week to be putted on the blog. Then we discuss and review the criteria we were told before and were asked one by one again, i was not asked though. Mr. Herry also asked us about what we were going to sing for the singing assessment and put it on a list in Microsoft Word. At that time i decided that i was going to sing 'Heal the World', since it is quite easy and i am already familiar with it. After being asked we did the singing rehearsal, i heard everyone sang quite well for the first time and they were nervous. When it was my turn i was also really nervous and i was shivering a lot so my voice quiver and shivers but my friend told me it was good, but later on i will need to be more confident and take a deep breath before singing. I sang it by looking in the lyrics so i will have to memorize the lyrics to get extra mark. And today because the time was not enough we didn't have the instrument class but i still need to practice on the scales at home and update my blog.

AUGUST'10

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Today is our first singing assessment. Mr. Herry asked us the songs we was going to sing again and i said i am going to sing "Heal the World" for my choice. I sang the song today, it was really tense. I was very nervous when singing it in front of my friends, singing in front of my friends and at school seems to be more tensed than singing in front of strangers. When i was singing it i shivered and my voice shivered to and vibrated, my friend told me it was cool though, but because of that i got my point reduce. However, I got the pitch and the harmony correctly and i was able to memorize the lyrics, so i got 8 out of 10. It is quite satisfying, but i wanted to get 10 or 9 at that time and later on. For that, in my next singing assessment i will try to be more confident by practicing the song more and listening to the music. Also memorizing the song permanently so i would be confident not to forget the lyrics unlike this time i'm afraid to forget it. Today we also didn't get our chance to have our instrument class because of the time so i will practice the scales at home.

Friday, 6 August 2010

Today the singing assessment continued but before that we were divided into 5 groups. There are 3 groups that will have only 3 members and 2 groups with 4 members. My group has only 3 members, but it is okay. Which are Daniel and Ardhito. After that we need to choose our music genre to be investigated and presented in power point. I became the first one to choose because i won the 'Hom Pi Pah" first. We choose Popular music genre as our topic this term. For this assessment we were given 2 weeks to make the powerpoint presentation, but before that we need to research and make a draft to show it to Mr. Herry. After that the singing assessments continued. With that in mind, for the next music class i will need to prepare a draft for my group powerpoint slide presentation.
In the instrument class, we only had 6 more minutes left because of the assessments going on. So we don't have much time and i dont get the chance to practice. Only some of friend who got the chance to play the scales and so i listened to them, because of that next time i will need to practice the scales on my self.

Tuesday, 10 Aug'10

This Tuesday, before going in to the class, we were checked by the class and vice class captain about our uniforms. And then we sat with our investigation or powerpoint slide presentation group, which is Ardhito and Daniel. Mr. Herry gave us a white poster paper. As a group we were told to list down our outline for the presentation. When doing that, we discuss what we discuss what we were going to do and the table of content in the powerpoint. After that we list it down in the poster paper. When we finished with the poster, the groups were told to do little presentation about it then we did the presentation and questioned our classmates about our presentation inside the class to make sure they understood what we were presentating. The other groups also did the same thing, and thankfully i am not asked by my friends. Before we did the presentation Mr. Herry also did some review on the criteria's, and i can answer it correctly. Next time, i will need to discuss the divison of work with my group.

Today, i didn't have the time to go to my instrument class because i need to go to a GPA recognition day ceremony's rehearsal because i have to attend that ceremony. So, i will need to ask my friends what they did today in the instrument class and practice it at home.

Friday, 13 August'10

In theory class, we reviewed what about major scales, that we had learnt last year in grade 9. I did it well because i still remember it and i have my theory lesson from my music school that i attend to. We were told to do C, G, D, A, E major scales and then we discuss it together in class and it was checked. I got perfect from it so i was happy. We were also asked again about our progress for the investigation of pop music, but my group did not gather and didn't had any progress, so for next time i need to discuss more with my groups and do the power point presentation together. Not only we did the major scales but also the chords for C, G, D, A, E major. However, we did not finish it on time so it became my HW. So i will do my chords at home and review it.

While in the instrument class, we all played the C-B major scales with the contrary. It was kind of hard, but i managed it somehow and played quite well. However, i need to improve my A major scales and its contrary. So next time i can play it nicely, i will practice it at home. I was also told to bring a sonatine/sonatina that i want to choose for my next class, so i will bring it for my next class for agreement.

Tuesday, 17 Aug'10

Today is a holiday, our independence day. So, we didn't have any lessons today. And i need to practice my songs at home.

Friday, 20 Aug'10

Today we did our assessment presentation about our genre's researches, which is Pop Music. We were the second group to perform our presentation and did well in tit. We got 7 out of 8. With that mark, we got a plus point because we made our palm cards and one day before our presentation, i asked Daniel, one of my group members to try the slides song in the music classroom. Our content are quite complete, there's the opinions, impact, bibliography, etc. However, we should have putted some more interesting background for our slides and not mixed the sample song while explaining the presentation.

In the instrument class we didn't get much time to practice, so Imez and Anissa did not get their turn to play. We played our song to prepare for the next assessment. I played Haydn, Sonate in G. I was told to play it more smoothly and rich like in the church's to grab the feeling of the song, because i played it too roughly. I need and will practice at home to improve my notes and my tone.

24/08/10, Tuesday

Today in music theory class, we were asked about the progress on our reflection and blog also about the group presentation. Mr. Herry then told us to make and individual report based on out music slide presentation. After that Mr. Herry gave us examples of people music videos and we watched it, and also a worksheet on scales, i can do it but i need to review more because sometimes i forgot the rules. However, i did it quite well.

In practical class, i played Haydn in G, sonata. It was quite okay with the notes. However i need to make it faster and smooth also make sure that i played it in legato, so i am going to practice some more.

27/08/10, Friday

Today Mr. Sadrakh was the one to check our attendance. After that there was a rehearsal going on for our assessment piece. The piano group all played their song but not the other instrument groups, they were representative by one of the classmate in the group. I didn't play it in a good tempo, and the notes are not really legato, I also didn't play the whole piece. I need to practice the song more and count the tempo.

In the instrument class today. I played the c-b scales with the contrary. I played it quite badly because i didn't really remember the sharps and the flats. I also played the song not so fluently with some mistakes. I need to practice it more and make the trinidad longer, practice the piece and the scales some more.

31/08/10, Tuesday

Today we were reviewed about the scales, major seven and dominant seven in theory class. We were given the formula to make major seven and dominant seven, so it is easier to understand. It is also to prepare us for our assessment, we made C-B major scales. It was quite easy for me since i've already learned it before. However i will review some more so i will not forget it. There were also rehearsals for the other instrument groups that haven't performed yet, so i listened to them for them to be prepared for Friday, where we will have our assessment.

In the instrument class I played m Sonate in G by Haydn. The tempo was alright but the notes are sloppy and were quite bad. I need to relax more and smoothern my playing for it to be better. So will practice some more for it to be better.

3/09/10, Friday

Today i did the assessment and it was horrible. I made a lot of mistakes that i shouldn't had. My fingers felt really stiff ad cold, i am not really nervous but for some reason when i did the trill not all the notes were entered and played. I practiced everyday at home and it was alright yesterday, so i was really disappointed in my self. I will try to practice piano more, everyday for one hour, so that my hands would not be stiff like today.

We didn't had our instrument class, due to the assessment. So i will need to practice at home.

7/09/10, Tuesday

Today is our last meeting this term. Today, we reflect our self and gave out comments for our music development workbook and for the teacher to improve more. Mr.Herry also showed us our music assessment last time, and i saw how horrible i played, to remind us and to help us fill in the music development workbook of our reflection. We reflect on what we did in this term, the tasks given, HW, reflections, assessment, our weaknesses and strenghts and what to improve next and the benefits that we got. I did it neatly, fully and with a good understanding. Overall, i think i did my tasks in term 1 quite good, and that i also did the music development workbook neatly. However, i still need to improve myself on my attentiveness in class, my performance to be better and practice the piano everyday, so in my next practical piano assessment i can do better. I got 8.2 which i am already gratefull of having it.

Music Reflection: December'09

1/12/09, Tuesday
Today we learn about the Kodaly signs again and we practice it together. After we get its basics the teacher gave us a new song to learn which is London Bridge. We practice the song with Kodaly sign, with two hands which was quite hard. We practice it again and again with Mr. John and Mr Herry than we did it one by one from do-do. After we gets the notes and the signs and we remember it the teacher called us by pairs to perform it in class. Next time i need to perform it better.
In practical we practice our songs and one scale which was E minor harmonic scale and then when i play my composition he gave me some advice for the ending so it will be more variative. After that we did some hearing quizz in 4 bars and the the teacher, Mr Herry repeated it for 4 times and when we exhange our works to be corrected i got the notes and the beats correctly and i was happy and i feel that i have an improvement but i need to practice more on my hearing skills since i cannot catch the notes quickly.

3 Dec'09, Thurshday.
Today Mr herry checked our HW which was the finales and the development program that we need to do in our holidays, to make sure that everybody have send him the email. I gave my development program earlier so i got and extra mark on it. Then he gave us our theory assesment and i got a full mark which was 40 out of 40 and i was really happy that i didnt do silly mistakes which i likely did. After that Mr Herry told us to do the rehearsal which was started with the Guitar, Violin, Piano and Flute which was decided by playing "gamsuit" so it'll be fair for everyone. I was the 3rd to play in the piano group and because of the time that was not enough so i didnt get to play it which was lucky since i am not really good at playing the scales so i need to practice on the scales much often. Since because it was near the exam we didnt have any practical lessons and was doing just rehearsal. When we rehearse mr John and Mr Hary watched over us, and Mr Herry told us that in the next lesson which was on Thurshday we will gave us our overall score except from our semester exam that will be added after we did the exam.

Music Reflection, November'09

3/11/09, Tuesday
Today in theory class Mr Herrry checked our projects that is our finales, and our midis, some of our friends havent handed it in and were told to handed it in by the latest thurshday. After thatw e hand in our chords Hw and then we discuss it one by one together on the white board. Then we did some guessing on songs and were told to do HW that is to update the blogs. Next week we shoould rehearse our compoctions since today we didnt have the time too and so the assessment will be changed to next week and we need to practice our compositions more.
In practical class we played our compositions in a rehearsal was, after we play each of us should gave a comment to the melody that she played. My comment for Viena is that her melody is the best, for Vica is that she played well, my comment for Jacintha is that her melody is cheerful and she played it fluently, for Karina is that her composition sounds great, touchy and have a lot variation which was nice, for Min Ji is that she need to practice more on it. Their comment for me is that o need to practice more and i need to stop at a time when playing the melody.

5/11/09, Thurshday
Today we wrote our final writting on our composition, on the paper one. Then we were told that the piano students and the violin/cello would have a sudden practical assesment but we were given a bonus point for that. I played it quite well but i did 3-4 mistakes because at first when i played i didn't focues and i did a mistake on my tempo and when doing it i think i did 3 mistakes. We did the two whole session in doing the assesment so we did not have a practical lesson.

10/11/09, Tuesday
Today Mr. Herry check our finale work again, to make sure everyone has submited it, after that Mr. Herry gave the students who are going to do the assesment some practice time for 10 min in their classrooms. Because the piano and the violin/cellos students have already done with their assesments so we watch our assesment videos and we reflect our play. Then the assesment started with Min Ji playing then tha flute lastly the guitar, because there are alot of students we did not have any practical lessons again. And i need to open teoria.com for my theory test.

12/11/09, Thurshday
In theory class today, Mr Herry told us about the assesment practical test that we have to do for our term test that it would practical test. After that he told us about our score one by one and i got 8. I was not really satisfied with it but its okay since i pass the test. Then he disturbuted our HW last time and i got B plus which was not satisfying and depressing after that he discussed about the major 7 more and also minor 7 which was C, G, D, A, E, B, a, e, b, f sharp, c sharp, and last g sharp. In practical class we did some solfeggio four times and i was really bad at it so i need to improve after that i play an A minor harmonic and it was hard even though it was the easiest among the other cleffs so i need to improve on my basic practices.

17/11/09, Tuesday
Today we did our theory quiz which is also our theory assesment but mr. Herry gave us thurshday for a make up test if we did it horribly and choose the best score to be put on our report card. Before we did the assesment he gave us some time to review and also mr. Herry open teoria.com and gave us time to review it by looking at the chords for a few minutes. When we are doing the test he gave us some clues regarding the dominant chords and the sharps and notes. So that we check it again and we now how to do it. After we did our theory assesment he check the 4 first student works and i was one of them he told the class that i got all correct for the scales but i got 4 wrongs on the history of music which was depressing and i will study more for thurshday and review my mistakes so that i will got a perfect score and that it my goal because it was some how depressing to get 4 mistakes on my assesment. Then he showed us our blog updates record and discussed about the blog that some of us really need to update it and he didnt have the chance to check all of our blogs so they need to update it quickly.
In instrument/practical class we play minor harmonic again which was a and b minor harmonic. and it was hard i need topractice on it more.

19/11/09, Thurshday
Today we did our last theory assesment again and it was kind of easy because i study it before and have review my mistakes and the music history in the test i already did my reflection regarding the test too. It was also easy because most of them are repeating the last test so the questions was almost the same excpet there was more invesions questions which i need to focus on and check the mistakes if i make some. So i can do it and i was quite confidence on it too.
In instrument/practical class we played our minor harmonic again and i tried to play e minor harmonic which was really hard and i need to play it really slowly. Since there are a lot of minor harmonic scales i ask mr Herry to limit my scales when in the assesment since i was bad at playing it so he limit it into a, b , and e scales so those are the scales that i need to master for my practical exam later on. We havent practice our composition songs again but we need to memorize it so at home i need to practice it alone and try to memorize my own song. I also need to master the 3 minor harmonic scales if i want to have a good mark on my music exam on December.

24/11/09, Tuesday.

Today we learn about the Kodaly sign which is a hand signature of notes, do,re,mi, fa, so, la, si, do. We practice it together from do-do starting it slowly, one by one then we practice it per group. Then he gave us a song Good Morning to be learnt by the Kodaly sign and we have to use two of our hands, then after some practice we have to perform it infront of a group with someone checking our signs. I did quite badly so i need to practice it more.

Then in practical class, we heard the people perform their recital songs for tomorrow it was kind of like a rehearsal for them. It started with Sonya, Karina and then Jacintha then i hear Victoria playing her composition for our exam in December then Viena after that i played my composition and Mr. Herry gave me some more comments on how to improve it. He told me to add more variation where i can kind of stop in the song and took some more tempo and so the melody would be more nice to hear, so i need to work on that and i have to memories my melody for the exam later on.

26/11/09, Thurshday.

We have parent teacher conference today so we didnt have any lessons

Music Reflection October'09

6/10/09, Tuesday

Today in music theory class we read and discuss our assessment and tasks to do in term 2. We then also given a traditional song of Indonesia and were ask to learn it. After that Mr Herry gave us an example of a melody, Ode to Joy and told us to follow the same pattern/form of music for our composition that we are going to make. When i finishes my work Mr. Herry then check it and sign it. Some of our friends work were sang and showed in front by Mr. Herry then we go to our practical class. In practical class we played our composition and our homework was to find the chords that fits to our composition.

8/10/09, Thursday

Today Mr. Herry checked our homeworks of finale and also our composition. After that we practice the traditional song that is "Gundul-gundul Pacul" we had and did a performance in front of class by groups, our instrumental member, but before that we did some practice on our vocal and it was kind of hard because i cant remember the notes.

In practical class we were told about the variations for our composition and were told to make the 32 bars of composition for our assessment task later on. Some of us practiced the 16 bar composition while some of us is doing our 32 bars. I did not have the chance to practice it but manage to do halve of the composition and i will practice the composition at home.

13/10/2009, Tuesday

Today in theory class, some of our friends are continuing with their 32 bars melody HW's because most of them didn't finish it as their homework, so mr Herry let them to continue while he is checking. After that some of the compositions of my piano's friends were chosen by Mr.Herry to play in the piano and then he checked our work.
In the piano class, we played our own melody mine was with a broken chord on the left hand and then i also fixed some melody because there is no stopping. After that mr. Herry gave me some chords for my composition.

15/10/09, Thrushday

Today in our theory class we did some theory notes, we did g anf f cledd edger lines and did some quiz on it. I got 5 of them wrong because i didnt count the notes and i guess some. After that we sang and practice La Bamba which was really hard to pronounce so i need to practice it more and Gundul Gundul Pacul then we hand in our music composition of 32 bars.

In practical class i didn't got to practice because of the time so i just practice on my own with my right hand since mr Herry haven't check my chords.

20/10/09, Tuesday

Today we did our singing assessment in singing Gundul Gundul Pacul by pairs, boy and girl according to the attendance. Then we copy our composition to a draft sheet and put the lyrics too. After that we practice La Bamba again i could do it better this time and What a Wonderful World which was slow and kind of boring for me but in a way it is quite nice too. We were told then that in Thurshday there will be an assesment on the Western song which was La Bamba and What a wonderful world and were told that we have to pick one of them. I will choose La Bamba because i like it better so i need to practice on it more. When it is practical time i practice my composition slowly and i need to practice it more. We practice our compositions and made some chords for the bar. Mr. Herry told me to ask Karina to help but she was busy so i will made some more chords on my own as my HW. Mr Herry also change some of the notes in my composition which sounds not right.

22/10/09, Thrushday

Today, before we did our assessment we practice our songs again and there were guests coming so we greeted them. After practicing we did our assessment by duo and we can choose our partner. As planned i choose my song, La Bamba and sang it with Karina M. After singing and did our assessment we did our reflection on the task. Last, mr Herry told us about the finale work/HW which we have to do.

In the practical class Mr Herry change some of the notes in my composition which sounds not right. So we practice only the right hand with the chords which is not finish and not right so tomorrow at snack time i need to go Mr Herry again to ask for help for the chords.

27/10/09, Tuesday

Today we discussed about our assesment task which are the compositions, that we are focusing on our compositions. We also discussed about why we have to practice singging first before composing it, it is to have a basic knowledge on songs and its sounds. Then Mr Herry teaches us more on how to put lyrics on finale and our midi HW. I was done with the finale but not yet with the lyrics so i need to put the lyrics but my finale software have not been authorized and i don't know how to do it so at lunch tomorrow i need to bring my laptop and the cd to ask for help.

In practical i changed some of my chord and notes, and then i play my composition and photocopy my draft composition, next time i need to update my finale and practice my composition more with the chords properly.

29/10/09, Thurshday

In theory class we discuss and hand in our midis, and our finale composition. After that we learn more about chords, major 7 and inversions then did some practice. Then we watch the performance of some of our friends. We were also given HW about chords, major 7 and ita inversions and were told that in the next lesson/class we will have to do a reahearsal one by one.

In practical class i practice my composition i was quite wrong in my tempo and i need to practice more also got to stop when changing chords. I also changed the way i play my left hand.